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Sargent: Feminists Are Undermining Our Society On Purpose!
Zmag Article, February, 01 2001
Lydia Sargent
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Welcome to Hotel Satire, where a Bush is back in the White House, at last. Surely he will avert the crisis that has been brewing for the last EIGHT years—a feminist takevoer of the White House, not to mention that crucial ideological ar...
Herman: Russia's Medical System Collapse as "Freedom's Toll"
Zmag Article, February, 01 2001
Edward Herman
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Russia's Medical System Collapse as "Freedom's Toll"
Chomsky: Voting Patterns and Abstentions
Zmag Article, February, 01 2001
Noam Chomsky
Chomsky's ZSpace page
In commenting on the November 2000 elections (Z January), I only hinted at important considerations that lend further insight into the functioning of contemporary democracy: patterns of voting and abstention. Useful information on these matt...
Hahnel: Imperialism, Human Rights, and Protectionism
Zmag Article, February, 01 2001
Robin Hahnel
Hahnel's ZSpace page
Recently I was asked to answer some questions about tactical choices facing the movement against corporate sponsored globalization. Unfortunately, people and groups inside the movement differ in their answers to these questions, and those di...
Fitz: Who Should Nominate Political Candidates?
Zmag Article, February, 01 2001
Don Fitz
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Who Should Nominate Political Candidates?
Bronski: Feminism and Hollywood
Zmag Article, February, 01 2001
Michael Bronski
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Feminism and Hollywood
Bello: When Davos Meets Porto Alegre: A Memoir
Commentary, February, 01 2001
Walden Bello
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Porto Alegre, Brazil "Hemingway said that the rich are different from you and me. How can anyone expect the people in Davos to understand the crisis that globalization has visited on the lives of people like those of us here in Porto Alegre?" Tha...
Kovel: Global Warming And Realo-Fundi Greens
Zmag Article, February, 01 2001
Joel Kovel
Kovel's ZSpace page
The breakdown last November 25 of the Hague talks on ratifying the 1997 Kyoto protocols on global warming was bad news indeed. But it would have been worse had the U.S. gotten its way. Fortunately, Europe, chiefly France, Scandinavia, and Germany,...
Peters: Trivializing Teens
Commentary, January, 27 2001
Cynthia Peters
Peters's ZSpace page
The good news is: It takes a constant bombardment of advertising, articles, and advice to convince teens that they ARE their skin-exfoliators, hair de-frizzers, and lip moisturizers.
Bond: Welcome to Jo'burg
Commentary, January, 26 2001
Patrick Bond
Bond's ZSpace page
If you had a choice, which host city would you choose for Rio+10, a.k.a. the 2002 `World Summit on Sustainable Development,' where 60,000 delegates will jawjaw about social and environmental problems, maybe in the process constructing more bits of...
Scipes: ROUND TWO: PEOPLE'S POWER IN THE PHILIPPINES REMOVES ANOTHER PRESIDENT
Commentary, January, 25 2001
Kim Scipes
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The government of Joseph "Erap" Estrada in the Philippines has just collapsed, with the president forced out by mass mobilization, and with Vice President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo replacing him as President on January 21. What might this mean for t...
Jensen: Inauguration 2001: A Citizens' Oath of Office
Commentary, January, 22 2001
Robert Jensen
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On Inauguration Day 2001, standing on the steps of the State Capitol just a Êfew blocks from the governor's mansion that George W. Bush recently had Êvacated, about 1,000 Austin residents raised their hands as I administered Êa Citizens' Oath of O...
Flanders: Extremists? Which Extremists?
Commentary, January, 20 2001
Laura Flanders
Flanders's ZSpace page
Critics are using the word "extremist" to describe John Ashcroft, Gale Ann ÊNorton, Tommy Thompson, and just about every GW Bush nominee. Sure enough, Êthe people Bush wants to install are more hostile to the idea of federal Êoversight of the envi...
Albert: Thinking About DU
Commentary, January, 16 2001
Michael Albert
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The past week has seen a steadily escalating rush of commentary about Depleted Uranium used in the Gulf War and the Balkans bombing. Particularly in England but in much of Europe and the U.S. as well, left journalists are condemning DUÕs use. E-ma...
Jensen: Martin Luther King Jr.: America's all-purpose icon
Commentary, January, 15 2001
Robert Jensen
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People who once branded King a threat to the nation will march today in MLK Day parades. Cities around the country -- even places where King battled segregation -- name streets after him and put up statues. People of all colors invoke his name, le...
Monbiot: Dying of Consumption
Commentary, January, 12 2001
George Monbiot
Monbiot's ZSpace page
The modern industrial economy works like this: resources are dug from a hole in the ground on one side of the planet, used for a few weeks, then dumped in a hole on the other side of the planet. This is known as the Creation of Value. The Creation...
Bello: 2000: The Year of Global Protest against Globalization
Commentary, January, 10 2001
Walden Bello
Bello's ZSpace page
The last year will probably go down as one of those defining Êmoments in the history of the world economy, like 1929. Of course, the Êstructures of global capitalism appear to be solid, with many in the global Êelite in Washington, Europe, and Asi...
Glick: "This Land Is Your Land?"
Commentary, January, 07 2001
Ted Glick
Glick's ZSpace page
Several days ago I was asked to be part of a program next month commemorating the 60th anniversary of Woody Guthrie's song, "This Land Is Your Land." This got me thinking.
Landau: FIDEL AND THE REVOLUTION, FORTY YEARS LATER
Commentary, January, 06 2001
Saul Landau
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On January 2, 1959, Habaneros filled the streets to greet the small band of long-haired, guerrilla warriors. The hated dictator, Fulgencio Batista, had fled to Florida, with his entourage. But what would the new government do? Everyone knew the re...
Herman: Errors, Lies, & "Corrections"
Zmag Article, January, 01 2001
Edward Herman
Herman's ZSpace page
Errors, Lies, & "Corrections"
